Arden Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Stockport
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.308 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Arden Primary School is a primary school in Stockport for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 July 2024. Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Arden Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.308 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
| Reception 2022 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.308 miles away, the 36th shortest of 78 Stockport primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.67 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 53 first-choice applications for 53 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 4th highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Stockport that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Stockport schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Osborne Street, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2EX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 472 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this welcoming school.”
- “Kind and compassionate staff greet them warmly as they arrive at school each morning.”
- “Pupils who are new to the school, including those who speak English as an additional language, settle in quickly.”
To improve
- “In 2023, some pupils’ attainment in reading at the end of key stages 1 and 2 was significantly below the national average.”
- “This was also true for pupils’ end of key stage 1 attainment in writing.”
- “In a few subjects, including some areas of learning in the early years, the school is still determining the knowledge that pupils should acquire and the order in which this should be taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 54% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 53 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 53 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Stockport.
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Paul's Church of England Primary School Brinnington 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Bredbury Green Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Christopher's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Vernon Park Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westmorland Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fairway Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published